US Open, Matteo Arnaldi and Sara Errani in the third round, out goes Mattia Bellucci

US Open, Matteo Arnaldi and Sara Errani in third round, Mattia Bellucci out

After Jannik Sinner and Jasmine Paolini landed in the third round of the US Open, two more wins out of three second-round matches came for Italian tennis, and it may not be over yet.

Matteo Arnaldi, world number 30, very convincingly beat Russian Roman Safiullin, number 57, with a score of 6-2 6-4 6-4 in two hours and four minutes of play. The 23-year-old from San Remo will now face’Australian Jordan Thompson.

Back in the third round of Flushing Meadows after nine years Sara Errani,  the veteran from Romagna, former world number 5 and now 96, bent with a double 7-5 in an hour and 50 minutes of play the U.S. Caroline Dolehide, number 49, and will now face the promising Russian Diana Shnaider, number 18.

Mattia Bellucci, number 101, instead è surrendered to Australian Christopher O’Connell, number 87, with a score of 6-3 6-4 3-6 6-3 in two hours and 48 minutes.